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TRUCKERS' COMPLAINT * Canada - Port Metro Vancouver ones'
* British Columbia - New licensing rules on Port Metro Vancouver
Vancouver,BC,CAN-CBC News -Jan 06, 2015: -- Port Metro Vancouver finalizing new container truck licensing system... More than 80 small trucking companies say they're on the verge of being put out of business by new reforms to the licensing fees at Port Metro Vancouver... Instead of paying a $300 licensing fee to the port, truck operators now have to pay an annual company fee that starts at $35,000 for up to 15 trucks. That means some owners who own only one or two trucks may have to merge with others... The new fees stem from a truck driver strike last spring that crippled Port Metro Vancouver and left hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cargo stranded at container terminals... At the time, truckers raised issues of rate undercutting and long wait times... Port Metro Vancouver says the new licensing system will address some of the issues by balancing the number of registered trucks with the amount of available work... There are about 2,000 trucks servicing Port Metro Vancouver, but it is looking to reduce that number by 500 to 700...
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